• Abdominal adipose tissue and liver fat imaging in very low birth weight adults born preterm: birth cohort with sibling-controls 

      Kuula, Juho; Lundbom, Jesper; Hakkarainen, Antti; Hovi, Petteri; Hauta-alus, Helena; Kaseva, Nina; Sandboge, Samuel; Björkqvist, Johan; Eriksson, Johan; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Lundbom, Nina; Kajantie, Eero Olavi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Preterm birth at very low birth weight (VLBW, < 1500 g) is associated with an accumulation of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors from childhood at least to middle age. Small-scale studies suggest that this could ...
    • ADHD symptoms and diagnosis in adult preterms: systematic review, IPD meta-analysis, and register-linkage study 

      Robinson, Rachel; Girchenko, Polina; Pulakka, Anna; Heinonen, Kati; Lähdepuro, Anna; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Hovi, Petteri; Tikanmäki, Marjaana; Bartmann, Peter; Lano, Aulikki; Doyle, Lex W.; Anderson, Peter J.; Cheong, Jeanie L. Y.; Darlow, Brian A.; Woodward, Lianne J.; Horwood, L. John; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø; Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik; Marlow, Neil; Johnson, Samantha; de Mendonca, Marina Goulart; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Wolke, Dieter; Räikkönen, Katri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background This study examined differences in ADHD symptoms and diagnosis between preterm and term-born adults (≥18 years), and tested if ADHD is related to gestational age, birth weight, multiple births, or neonatal ...
    • Association of very preterm birth or very low birth weight with intelligence in adulthood: an individual participant data meta-analysis 

      Eves, Robert; Mendonça, Marina; Baumann, Nicole; Ni, Yanyan; Darlow, Brian; Horwood, John; Woodward, Lianne J.; Doyle, Lex W.; Cheong, Jeanie; Anderson, Peter J.; Bartmann, Peter; Marlow, Neil; Johnson, Samantha; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Hovi, Petteri; Nosarti, Chiara; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø; Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik; Räikkönen, Katri; Heinonen, Kati; Zeitlin, Jennifer; Wolke, Dieter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Importance Birth before 32 weeks’ gestation (very preterm [VPT]) and birth weight below 1500 g (very low birth weight [VLBW]) have been associated with lower cognitive performance in childhood. However, there are few ...
    • Bone mineral density in very low birthweight adults—A sibling study 

      Sandboge, Samuel; Kuula, Juho; Björkqvist, Johan; Hovi, Petteri; Mäkitie, Outi; Kajantie, Eero Olavi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Children and adults born very low birthweight (VLBW, <1500 g) at preterm gestations have lower bone mineral density (BMD) and/or bone mineral content (BMC) than those born at term, but causality remains ...
    • Brain Volumes and Abnormalities in Adults Born Preterm at Very Low Birth Weight 

      Kuula, Juho; Martola, Juha; Hakkarainen, Antti; Räikkönen, Katri; Savolainen, Sauli; Salli, Eero; Hovi, Petteri; Björkqvist, Johan; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Lundbom, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    • Common Core Assessments in follow‐up studies of adults born preterm—Recommendation of the Adults Born Preterm International Collaboration 

      Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Johnson, Samantha; Heinonen, Kati; Anderson, Peter J.; Wolke, Dieter; Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik; Räikkönen, Katri; Darlow, Brian A.; Van Der Pal, Sylvia; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø; Jaekel, Julia; Hovi, Petteri; Morrison, Katherine M.; Verrips, Erik; Doyle, Lex W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    • Early postnatal nutrition after preterm birth and cardiometabolic risk factors in young adulthood 

      Suikkanen, Julia; Matinolli, Hanna-Maria; Eriksson, Johan G; Jarvenpaa, Anna-Liisa; Andersson, Sture; Kajantie, Eero; Hovi, Petteri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Objectives Adults born preterm at very low birthweight (VLBW; <1500 g) have a non-optimal cardiometabolic risk factor profile. Since higher protein intake during the first weeks of life predicted a healthier body ...
    • Expiratory airflow in late adolescence and early adulthood in individuals born very preterm or with very low birthweight compared with controls born at term or with normal birthweight: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. 

      Doyle, Lex W.; Andersson, Sture; Bush, Andy; Cheong, Jeanie L.Y.; Clemm, Hege Synnøve Havstad; Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik; Gough, Aisling; Halvorsen, Thomas; Hovi, Petteri; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Lee, Katherine J.; McGarvey, Lorcan; Narang, Indra; Näsänen-Gilmore, Pieta; Steinshamn, Sigurd Loe; Vollsæter, Maria; Vrijlandt, Elianne J.L.E.; APIC, international network (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Maximal expiratory airflow peaks early in the third decade of life, then gradually declines with age. The pattern of airflow through adulthood for individuals born very preterm (at <32 weeks’ gestation) or ...
    • Lung function in adults born preterm 

      Nasanen-Gilmore, Pieta; Sipola-Leppänen, Marika; Tikanma Ki, Marjaana; Matinolli, Hanna-Maria; Eriksson, Johan G; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Vaarasma Ki, Marja; Hovi, Petteri; Kajantie, Eero (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Very preterm birth, before the gestational age (GA) of 32 weeks, increases the risk of obstructed airflow in adulthood. We examined whether all preterm births (GA<37 weeks) are associated with poorer adult lung function ...
    • Optimism in adults born preterm: Systematic review and individual-participant-data metaanalysis 

      Robinson, Rachel K.; Heinonen, Kati; Girchenko, Polina; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Hovi, Petteri; Lano, Aulikki; Andersson, Sture; Eriksson, Johan G.; Wolke, Dieter; Lemola, Sakari; Raikkonen, Katri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Aim Preterm birth(<37 gestational weeks) is associated with numerous adversities, however, data on positive developmental outcomes remain limited. We examined if preterm and term born(≥37 gestational weeks) adults differ ...
    • Preterm birth and the risk of chronic disease multimorbidity in adolescence and early adulthood: A population-based cohort study 

      Heikkilä, Katriina; Pulakka, Anna; Metsälä, Johanna; Alenius, Suvi; Hovi, Petteri; Gissler, Mika; Sandin, Sven; Kajantie, Eero Olavi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background People who were born prematurely have high risks of many individual diseases and conditions in the early part of the life course. However, our knowledge of the burden of multiple diseases (multimorbidity) ...
    • Risk-taking behavior of adolescents and young adults born preterm 

      Alenius, Suvi; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Sund, Reijo; Nurhonen, Markku; Haaramo, Peija; Näsänen-Gilmore, Pieta; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Lemola, Sakari; Räikkönen, Katri; Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wolke, Dieter; Gissler, Mika; Hovi, Petteri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objectives To study sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infections (STCTs), teenage pregnancies, and payment defaults in individuals born preterm as proxies for engaging in risk-taking behavior. Study design Our ...
    • School grades and educational attainments of adolescents and young adults born preterm 

      Alenius, Suvi; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Sund, Reijo; Nurhonen, Markku; Haaramo, Peija; Näsänen-Gilmore, Pieta; Lemola, Sakari; Räikkönen, Katri; Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wolke, Dieter; Gissler, Mika; Hovi, Petteri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Attendance in special education (SE) is more common among individuals born preterm than among those born at term. Less is known about school grades of those born preterm in mainstream education (ME), and how these grades ...